Postcards from Seattle's Past: 1901-1920

October 10, 2001

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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World’s fair at UW, 1909: Seattle’s first world’s fair, the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, was staged on the University of Washington campus to commemorate the city’s growth since the Klondike Gold Rush. This postcard shows many of the elaborate buildings, seen across Geyser Basin, which later became known as Frosh Pond. A new geyser, Drumheller Fountain, was donated for the university’s centennial celebration in 1961.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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World’s fair at UW, 1909: Seattle’s first world’s fair, the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, was staged on the University of Washington campus to commemorate the city’s growth since the Klondike Gold Rush. This postcard shows many of the elaborate buildings, seen across Geyser Basin, which later became known as Frosh Pond. A new geyser, Drumheller Fountain, was donated for the university’s centennial celebration in 1961.